No more violence, magistrate tells teen
A social inquiry has been launched into the life of a young man who struck his pregnant girlfriend during an argument. It was revealed in the District ‘A’ Traffic Court today that 19-year-old Kezra...
View ArticleHaggatt Hall woman returns to court in Sept
An office administrator will make her next appearance in the District ‘A’ Magistrates’ Court on September 9. Orentia Patricia Spencer, of Bird Hall, Haggatt Hall, St Michael is charged with using a...
View ArticleTeen granted bail after admitting to one of two charges
Magistrate Douglas Frederick today imposed further bail conditions on a teenager who had breached a previous court order. Nothing that “these are really serious times to be on remand” Magistrate...
View ArticleBishop reprimanded and discharged on drug offence
A 24-year-old mother of three was reprimanded today when she appeared before a Bridgetown magistrate on a drug charge. Shereece Latoya Bishop, of Rock Gap, New Orleans, St Michael pleaded guilty to...
View ArticleBarber granted bail on drug charges
A barber who was allegedly found with 21 grammes of marijuana in his possession will make his next appearance in the District ‘A’ Magistrates’ Court later this year. Reo Rashad Walkes, of 6th Avenue...
View ArticleBittersweet ‘win’
Attorneys in the unfair dismissal case brought against Chefette by a former employee and which got the final decision of the Caribbean Court of Justice (CCJ) today, are claiming victory on different...
View ArticleChefette successfully challenges level of compensation in unfair dismissal case
Barbados’ final Court of Appeal today agreed that local popular restaurant Chefette unfairly dismissed one of its assistant managers back in January 2014, but the court substantially reduced the...
View ArticleGuilty drug offender wants career in medicine
Magistrate Douglas Frederick urged a young man charged for marijuana and who has dreams of becoming a doctor to get the “ball rolling”. Twenty-year-old Jermarlie Jamario John-Lavdat, of Gills Road,...
View ArticleFormer employee caught stealing pleads guilty
A labourer who stole from his place of work has not only lost his job but has added a new conviction to his name. Romell Ezekial Ash, of Block 1E Infill, Haynesville, St James has also been placed on a...
View ArticleFuture earnings no longer to be accounted in compensation – Blackman
The Employment Rights Tribunal (ERT) is today acknowledging that yesterday’s Caribbean Court of Justice (CCJ) ruling in the unfair dismissal case of a former Chefette senior employee, will influence a...
View ArticleThief says he took chairs for his hang out spot
When a 54-year-old man spotted four chairs in another man’s garage he thought they would look good “around the block” where he hangs out. So, between 10 p.m. on April 26 and 5: 30 a.m. the next day,...
View ArticleRasta man caught outside during curfew
The “level of foolishness” occurring during the COVID-19 curfew imposed to stem the spread of the coronavirus has left this island’s Chief Magistrate Ian Weekes baffled. The reaction came today as he...
View ArticleDrunk vandal gives up drinking
Consuming alcohol on Saturday afternoon in a bid to cope with personal issues did not result in a positive outcome for a 43-year-old man. In fact, Jameson Russell Gregory Barrow, of 5th Avenue Holders...
View ArticleHinds accused of handling stolen Shopsmart merchandise
Self employed man Winston Ricardo Hinds was granted $10,000 bail today when he appeared in court on a single count of handling stolen property belonging to Shopsmart Incorporated. The 62-year-old, of...
View ArticleNeblett remanded on multiple charges
A burglary allegation and two other offences have resulted in a 56-year-old well-known offender being hauled before the law court today and subsequently being remanded to Dodds for 28 days. Pleas for...
View ArticleBail for Shopsmart theft accused
Four former Shopsmart employees charged with stealing thousands of dollars worth of company merchandise in a scheme that reportedly stretched back to January 2018 were granted $10,000 bail today. The...
View ArticleRayside admits to traffic and curfew charges
When a group of motorcyclists saw police on Jackman’s Road last Sunday they quickly turned around and rode away. However, prosecutor Sergeant Theodore McClean said 24-year-old Shaquille Ramone Rayside,...
View ArticleYouth guilty of using threats
A 22-year-old is on a year bond to keep the peace and be of good behaviour. If Damon Tyrone Moore, of Apartment N, Melbourne Apartments, Black Rock, St Michael breaches the order imposed by Magistrate...
View ArticleDoyle convicted on marijuana and curfew charges
Police were on patrol last Saturday evening when they saw a young man in the area of the National Botanical Gardens in Waterford St Michael. And when 25-year-old Ramon Akeem Doyle spotted the officers...
View ArticleMarijuana user sent for evaluation pending sentence
A 62-year-old man who had $2,379 in cannabis for his personal use will spend the next three weeks at the Psychiatric Hospital being evaluated. Magistrate Graveney Bannister remanded St Alban Orlando...
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